Bengaluru, April 7 -- Ahead of the taluk and zilla panchayat elections, the Janata Dal (Secular) convened its core committee meeting at the residence of Union minister and party state president HD Kumaraswamy. However, core committee chief GT Devegowda did not attend the meeting, who has kept a distance from Kumaraswamy in recent weeks.

During the meeting on Saturday, senior JD(S) leaders met to strategise the party's organisational rebuilding in the Bengaluru region and gear up for the upcoming taluk and zilla panchayat elections. According to a party leader, discussions also focused on launching a mass movement against the Congress government in Karnataka, with Kumaraswamy calling for intensified ground-level campaigns.

The leader fur...